Hillary Clinton Told F.B.I. Colin Powell Advised Her to Use Private Email  —  Pressed by the F.B.I. about her email practices at the State Department, Hillary Clinton told investigators that former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell had advised her to use a personal email account

Regretful Trump pivots 107 days late  —  Three and a half months after sealing the Republican nomination, Donald Trump pivoted to contest the general election on Thursday night, expressing regret for his past failures to “choose the right words” and delivering one of the most comprehensive …

Former Breitbart Staffer to Powerhouse Politics: Bannon Ran Meetings That Sounded Like White Supremacists Talking  —  A former Breitbart News spokesman slammed Donald Trump's new campaign chief executive, Stephen Bannon, for allegedly using racist rhetoric during editorial meetings at Breitbart …

The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm  —  On Monday, a hacking group calling itself the “ShadowBrokers” announced an auction for what it claimed were “cyber weapons” made by the NSA.  Based on never-before-published documents provided by the whistleblower Edward Snowden …

Ryan Lochte is everything the world hates about Americans  —  MORE FROM:  —  This was late one night — actually, early one morning — in the summer of 2004, at a bustling tavern in Plaka, the social heart of Athens during the Olympics.  We could see the Parthenon from our table …

Here's How NYers React To A Life-Size Naked Donald Trump Statue In Union Square  —  Someone has erected a statue of a naked Donald Trump in Union Square.  You can see it RIGHT NOW in real life.  [Update below, but it's gone now]  —  Anarchist collective INDECLINE appears to be behind the stunt …

Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A firm run by Donald Trump's campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine's ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor …

State Dept.: $400M to Iran was contingent on US prisoners' release  —  The State Department admitted Thursday that the US would not hand over $400 million in cash to Iran until it released four American hostages — two weeks after President Obama insisted the payment was not a “ransom.”

Paul Manafort resigns from Trump campaign  —  Paul Manafort on Friday resigned as Donald Trump's campaign chairman, after the Republican presidential nominee earlier this week announced a new leadership structure for his campaign.  —  “This morning Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign.

Cruz's Image Among Republicans Tanks After GOP Convention  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Republicans' views of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz have gotten significantly worse since he refused to endorse Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, with his favorable rating falling from 59% to 43%.

Behind the Polls: The Message in a Longtime Conservative Tilting Away From Trump, Toward Clinton  —  Peter D. Hart, founder of Peter D. Hart Research Associates, helps conduct the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.  —  In this election cycle, polls have been the least reliable guide …

Republicans Worry a Falling Donald Trump Tide Will Lower All Boats  —  Donald J. Trump's struggling candidacy has now become a direct threat to Republican control of Congress, significantly increasing the likelihood that Democrats will take control of the Senate and cut substantially into the House Republican majority next year.

FEC Adopts Interim Verification Procedure for Filings Containing Possibly False or Fictitious Information  —  WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission today announced an interim procedure staff will follow to verify information in filings from the 2016 election cycle that appear to be unlawfully false or fictitious.

Frank Ocean Unveils Contemplative ‘Endless’ Visual Album Stream  —  Singer scraps 'Boys Don't Cry' title, will release new album separate from ‘Endless’ this weekend  —  All Stories »  —  Frank Ocean has unveiled a new visual album titled Endless, a precursor to his proper follow-up to 2012's Channel Orange.

GOP preps tough perjury case against Clinton  —  House Republicans are doubling down in their effort to bring perjury charges against Hillary Clinton  —  over her testimony last year to the House Select Committee on Benghazi.  —  GOP lawmakers have claimed that the Democratic presidential nominee broke …

Here's why President Obama isn't stopping his vacation to visit the Louisiana flooding  —  Two important things happened today in the political world of President Obama.  —  The first was that the Advocate, a Louisiana newspaper chain, published an editorial calling on the president to come …